Kathy Barker, Masana kimiyya a matsayin Jama'a.
Duk da karuwar fahimtar cewa siyasa wani bangare ne na kimiyya, cewa masana kimiyya na iya zama masu fafutuka kuma cewa wariyar launin fata da sauyin yanayi sune batutuwan da suka dace don fafutuka, cewa kare 'yan gudun hijirar yana da mahimmanci, kuma za a dakatar da bincike fiye da rabin kasafin kuɗi na hankali. riga ya tafi yaƙi, akwai wani m shiru daga masana kimiyya a kan militarism da yaki.
Me ya sa?
Ba koyaushe haka yake ba. A lokacin yaƙi da Vietnam, alal misali, masana kimiyya sun yi zanga-zangar, sun fara bankunan abinci, kuma sun yi aiki don dakatar da tallafin soja a harabar. Linus Pauling, wanda aka ba shi ba kawai kyautar Nobel ta 1954 a Chemistry ba, har ma da 1962 (wanda aka ba shi a 1963) lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel, wanda ya shahara a 1962 ya rike wata alama game da yarjejeniyar hana gwajin gwaji a wajen fadar White House, kafin ya shiga cin abinci tare da shugaban kasa. Kennedy don bikin lambar yabo ta Nobel ta Chemistry tare da sauran masu yabo. Kimiyya ga Jama'a ɗaya ne kawai daga cikin ƙungiyoyin kimiyya da yawa waɗanda suka fito fili suna adawa da yaƙi da soja.
Amma a halin yanzu, shirun ya dame. Masana kimiyya sun yi magana game da yaƙe-yaƙe guda ɗaya: da yawa sun kasance masu fafutuka a kan Yaƙin Iraki. Amma sun yi magana kamar wannan yakin na musamman, da kuma wannan shugaban na musamman, sun kasance ɓarna. Mutane da yawa sun yi magana game da makaman nukiliya, amma ba tare da an ambaci tunanin soja da yakin da zai kai ga amfani da waɗannan makaman ba.
Kuma ba wai kamar sojoji ba su riga sun ɗauki wani kaso mai tsoka na kudade na hankali ba. A cikin shekarun Bush, a cikin shekarun Obama, ana samun ci gaba a cikin kuɗin tallafin soja. (Bangaren shudi na kek shine sama da kashi 50 cikin XNUMX na kudade na hankali da Obama ya gabatar don yaƙi.) Masana kimiyya sun kasance masu jan hankali.
Masana kimiyya suna magana game da wariyar launin fata da kuma halin da 'yan gudun hijirar ke ciki, amma kada ku ambaci cewa duk wanda ya fito daga bama-bamai, jiragen sama, makamai, "masu ba da shawara" da Amurka ta aika zuwa gabas ta tsakiya da arewacin Afirka. Dakatar da barnar da muke yi zai taimaka matuka wajen taimakon 'yan gudun hijira. Yana da ban tsoro cewa a ƙarshe masana kimiyya suna magana akan haramcin musulmi, amma suna buƙatar bincika matsalar da zurfi don yin tasiri… da kimiyya.
Ƙungiyoyin mu ba sa magana game da yaki. Yanzu, yayin da aka yanke zurfin bincike don neman tallafin sojoji, har yanzu babu wata zanga-zangar adawa da yaki. The Ƙungiyar Amirka don Biochemistry da Biology Biology Bayanin (ASBMB) game da kasafin kudin da Trump ya gabatar ya yi magana game da rage dala biliyan 6 ga NIH da sauran ragi da aka yi don kare tsaro, sannan kuma an ambaci cewa binciken kimiyya na asali ya taimaka wa sojoji da yawa: wannan kusan yana karantawa kamar kare yaki. Ƙungiyar Geophysical ta Amurka (AGU) a cikin bayaninsa game da kasafin kudin Trump ya kuma tabbatar da bukatun sojoji ("Wane ne sojoji za su juya zuwa lokacin da suke buƙatar bayanai don tallafawa ƙungiyoyin sojoji masu tasiri?") a matsayin dalili na tallafawa bincike na asali. The American Association ga ci gaba na Science (AAAS), babbar kungiyar kimiyya ta duniya, ba ta ce komai ba game da hauka na karin kasafin kudin soja kuma a cikin hotonsu, sun lissafa karuwar kasafin kudin makaman nukiliya na Ma'aikatar Makamashi, a fili a matsayin wani haske mai haske.
The Tsarin Mulki na kasa (NPP), wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke duba kudade, ta fitar da sanarwa kan kudirin kasafin kudi na shekara ta 2018 na Trumps ya ambaci cewa kasafin kudin sojan Amurka ya riga ya fi na kasashe 7 masu zuwa gaba daya. The Union of damu Masana kimiyya (UCS) bai ambaci karkatar da kuɗi ga sojoji ba a cikin sanarwar blog akan kasafin kuɗi, amma ya faɗi a cikin cibiyar aiki a cikin wasiƙar ta zuwa Majalisa don masana kimiyya :
“Wannan kasafin kudin ya yi kira da a kara dala biliyan 54 wajen kashe kudaden tsaro, yayin da ake rage adadin da ba na tsaro ba daga binciken kimiyya zuwa kokarin diflomasiyya. A sa'i daya kuma, shugaba Trump ya amince da ra'ayin kashe kudi na nukiliya, wanda zai zama mai hadari da almubazzaranci. Ya kamata Amurka ta kara saka hannun jari a fannin diflomasiyya da kimiyya - ba sabbin makaman nukiliya ba."
Na dauki zuciya daga wannan.
Amma martanin ƙungiyar na iya zama cikakkiyar gaskiya akan mataki ɗaya: binciken kimiyya yana tafiya da hannu tare da sojoji da yaƙi. Masana kimiyya suna samun tallafin yaki, suna aiki akan yaki, ana buƙatar su don yaƙi. Idan muka kira shi kisan kiyashi maimakon yaki, shin ’yan kimiyya za su ji cewa ba sa bukatar su daidaita haɗin kai da sojoji? Kisan kiyashi ba karya ba ne yaki, haka kuma fyade, yunwa, ko azabtarwa. Ko kuma samar da miliyoyin dakaru masu gudun hijira. Yaki shine kisan gillar da aka yi wa farar hula: Kashi 90% na mutuwar farar hula ne.
Graphic "Kudifin Trump: Masu Nasara da Masu Rasa" daga Los Angeles Times .
